[tpaine]

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

The Constitution recognizes that rights are maintained both in the people, individuals, and the states, the community.

Good grief, another 'bold' communitarian.
Where do you see that our Constitution "recognizes" a States "rights"? The Tenth only recognizes a States powers.

[radicalamericannationalist]

Even if one accepts your notion that the state has powers but not rights, (except, one would think, the right to exercises its powers) one of the powers that states possess is the police power. This includes thew power to regulate for health, safety and morals.